“When the teachings tell us to “make friends with our emotions,” they mean to become more attentive and get to know them better. Being ignorant about emotions only makes matters worse; feeling guilty or ashamed of them does the same. Struggling against them is equally non-productive. The only way to dissolve their power is with…
“The fastest way to freedom is feeling your feelings.” ~ Gita Bellin Things — like emotions and situations — stick around until you experience them. When you fight, fight, fight, and resist and struggle, you are stuck with it. What you resist persists. But if you let yourself identify and feel whatever it is you’re…
“To attain true inner freedom, you must be able to objectively watch your problems instead of being lost in them. No solution can possibly exist while you’re lost in the energy of a problem. Everyone knows you can’t deal well with a situation if you’re getting anxious, scared, or angry about it. The first problem…
“This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor… Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful…
“Emotions are the nexxus between matter and mind, going back and forth between the two and influencing both.” ~ Candace Pert Too often we discount our emotions, thinking it’s better to ignore them or stuff them away. But they’re there, and they’re real, and they’re not going to go away until we honor and address…
“You are not your thoughts. You are not your beliefs. You are not even your emotions, though all these have much to teach. However, the closest you can ever come to the wellspring that is you is through your desires and feelings. They’re magical, they’re unique — they’re exclusively yours — and they should be…
“Our emotions and feelings have an effect on the world moment by moment. If you send out words and images of creativity, then you will be contributing to the creation of a beautiful world. However, emitting messages of destruction, you contribute to the destruction of the universe. “If you become aware of this, you will…
“The fastest way to freedom is feeling your feelings.” ~ Gita Bellin Things — like emotions and situations — stick around until you experience them. When you fight, fight, fight, and resist and struggle, you are stuck with it. What you resist persists. But if you let yourself identify and feel whatever it is you’re…
“When the teachings tell us to “make friends with our emotions,” they mean to become more attentive and get to know them better. Being ignorant about emotions only makes matters worse; feeling guilty or ashamed of them does the same. Struggling against them is equally non-productive. The only way to dissolve their power is with…
Some of your hurts you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you endured From the evil which never arrived. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Have you discovered yet the connection between the thoughts you think and the emotions you feel? Have you noticed how your emotions reflect your…